the Dark Knight Rises

This piece was written as a response to the Dark Knight shooting in Aurora, CO.

Bam Emergency exits are for leaving Yet they could not leave He stood in their way Was the red neon light still glowing? Bam What about when the smoke filled the room? And the alarms went off And the people began to scream And Batman on the screen couldn’t save them As the dark knight fired Bam And then the monster in his hands Began to jump and writhe and bark And the people fell into their chairs and The aisles ran with blood Bam What about the six - year - old girl? Did she even know what it was, the Steel shiny in the man’s hands as it punched her backwards Gas mask leering like every nightmare Bam They wore gas masks at Chernobyl They barely worked at all, and so many people died They wore gas masks during World War Two They barely worked at all and so many people died But I think it will work this time Because there was only one and many people died Bam And the audience fell as the Dark Knight rose And a dark night fell as the audience rose

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